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tifttnim Mtt&vb'ltot & MOl. 30 MARION, CRITTENDEN COUNTY, KENTUCKY OCT., 8, 1908. NUMBER 19 OLLIE M. JAME firneliiil by an EiitlmN'e Crowd of 'ill! al Clinrleslon n October ami Minlitv St. SN lltMtflMh First t Thousa A lire id MANY COMPARED HIM FAV0HABI1Y WITH BRYAN HIMSELF. ! A Bennett had tho following to in of hi vnit to Charleston on t ' iirt f OctuSer. whii Olli M JnwiM and Wiliain S. Cowhanl apoke there: I ' never yt sn greater entmiHiasm than thai, manifcfltcd nt ( h irl when Ollit Jam Mdresaed h crowd of elht thousand people at the l g near tho city ImI Thtittdiiv. He did not arrive till about two-thirty, bav"jr lwan delayed at Cairo in retting an automobile to carry him to Charles-tin Hon. Willi mi S. Cowherd. Democratic Candidate for Governor of Mis-a ,'i waa in the midst of hid addrea to the imiiKimerrowd nnd was receiving gr, ii f tpplause in commendation of Ida defense against Herbert Hadley and his hv'KhN. whn Mr James enm up to the outskirts of the crowd As soon as ttn people dieovred that Mr Jam hnd arrived tliev rheered so lustily that ni would have thomrht that Mr Itrvan was approaching. Mr. Cowherd waa c i ipcllod to wait until Uio cheering oulwided nnd then explained that he would (fninvnv in n few moment to the noted Kentucky Orator When Mr James came forward to 'peak, tint applause wan bo nociferoua that it showed 'hat he is a biir a Statesman in Missouri iih in Kentucky, and ho is acknowledged to be the biggest in Kentucky. I have never heard a sneech that waa received with such applatiKe and the speaking waa over hundreds and hundreds of people pressed to the ain'nkvra stand to shake hands with Kentucky's son. long nftor Missouri's son. Mr Cowherd. Iim left he stand, The name of Ollie James was on everv , tongue anil I heard mam compare him favorably with Mr. Bryan himself proud It made a Kentuckinn, and ospecially a citizen of Marion feel mighty President's wife und daughter nro of course, nnd as usual inundated with invitations to join house parties at country homes, but it is probable thnt they will upend the romuindur of their time from uow until March, barely five months, without much interruption at the White House. Thf Roosevelt boys are settled for the winter. None of them will be at the White House. Quentin, the youngest has just been sent to a boarding school at Alexandris, Va., six miles distant from Washington. This leaves Mrs. Roosevelt in the White House with her debutante daughter, Miss Ethel, who last Summer completed her studies at school in Washington and will this wintor ake her place among the murt I oung lathes of theaeason. nie'orm n .Jebut has not been de- 'iwn nor h'ts the time ( n d it" ifly i er , i in ii v i ) -id Wl If ins f "i r. r f i . v ' I . Pre ii nt ui.i' M.-a r'totn that du'e oi nut- h i rO, ,f M iron "! n -. v, m re .'iviutina to a frrrf 'an any young lidj A the l.Tid. 0 o ". n 0 '" T' ,''' ' ' ' UitiTauJ ii-. p. A 1(1 M rai" V 1 'I n I .1 i:i u in 1 I- i . 'trf I . ,f..' ' i, ' t n 1 m. Ii - ori i ' l lli i s I Ut Sh will be pre'nt how-,- ling th' f t H.r r in Ii i.-.e Cabinent. I not hetilAtC to nmtr r I'ietv f function and liltUlU tl.at K"e-3 i (""t stamp ir.ii d t ;n- th new atly it may be extend ' '' the Cr.::.sli n.uMiion and it may be that in a few veam one mavsend letters to South Africa or lodia for the same postage that is roqulreil for a letter to be delivered in one's home town. The remarkable reduction m rates was agreed upon between the two nations as the best meant of promoting commercial and friendly relations between the Unitod States and Great JJntinn and it is jutte certain that before long Germany, France and Itlay will be asking for similiar arrangements with regard to letter matt in Uioso countries. Postmaster General Meyer is entitled to most of tho credit for tho change. TEDDY WANTS WHOLE CHEESE MIGHT SLIP IT TO HERMIT. St. Louis. Oct. 5- The statement of Representative Nicholas Longsworth in a a)ieoch in Illinois Friday, thnt his President Roosevelt, intended hia ward. Judge William H. Tnft, should be elected President for two terms and the reigning executive then again nBsume the control of the nation for eight more years, nas aroused wide comment throughout the country. Thousands of nersons heard the remarks of Mr. Lomrsworth. and there can be no doubt that he has been correctly quoted. Mr. I.ongsworth's stateim nt was made riuring a course of a euology and defense of the President's administration. Mombcrs of the audience that heard his remarks have since asavrtod repeatedly that there were no levity in tone or gesture accompanying the remarkable word", nnd apparently he told secret of the White House and disclosed the ambition of his father-in-law. Chicago. Oct. ft Commenting on Comjrossman's Longworth's speech the Chicago Journal sas: "Mr. Rosevelt has four sons to whom he doubtles intends to have his crown decend. nnd it may then go to the Longworth branch of the House of KooevHt." So far there are no defendants of the House of Nicholas Longswortk. The plan to pass the crown along to the longsworth would shut out Fairbanks. La Follette, Hughes, Cannon, Reveridge or any other aspirant. The American schoolboy could no longer look farward to the White House as a possible goal. I.ongworth'8 utterance stamps Taft beyond dispute ns merely the vice regent of Roosevelt, ruling during n sort of protectorate until Roosevelt shall be readv to como into his own again. This Longworth delaration coming right from Roosevelt's own family, must be authoritative. Republican managers are angry at this break coming on top of Roosevelt hitting nt PriiBt and striking Nagcl, and hitting nt Olney and striking aft. SEVEN NEGROES ARE SLAIN AT HICKMAN.! KENTUCKY'S LARGEST METHODIST CONFERENCE, Hickman, Ky., Oct., 5. Fifty nigh riders made a raid on the homo of Dave Walker, a negro. Saturday night, and killed Walker and his children, shouting a babe to death in its mother s arms. Walker had cursed a white wi man and d'ew a gun on a white mnn. The night riders went to Walkers house to give him n benting and ordered him from the house. Walker refused to come out and flred into the mob The night riders then poured conl oil nronnd the building, tired it nnd forced tho to tloe from the burning building for their livos As the negroes came out, tho mun shot them down. Walker, his five year old ihughter and n small baby was killed outright, the bnbv being killeil in its mother's arm", as she came from the burning house. The mother was shot tl r ugh the stomace, nnd will die. Three other children wero shot down, and c tinot recover. Thooldest son ia missing, nnd it is believed ho was incinerated in 'he burning building. Joseph Williams, a white man. was taken from IiIb home and forced to h "Id the horse, while the men did the work. WASHINGTON LETTER--FROM OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT. Washington. 1). (' , October 1 l'sw Olficinl and resident society is rapidly drifting Imick to Wathington The social season is of courxe not on, but what may be called the neighborly season has begun. Neither tho houses nor their "ocupunU are prewired for anything verging on ceremony or formal-It) Painters, puperhaiigcrsand decorator's aro ui most instances suiircme in the houses of th fashionable West End. Calling nt odd hours or holding i rsations the telephone nro the privileges nnd pastimes f this season w hi i domestic rather than hoc al uietions nro the subject of interest. The Owensboro, Ky., Oct , 1. - Business is being disposed of rapidly at the Methodist Conference. Forty five more delegates arrived to-day making it the largest conference ever held. SNEED MINES TO BE OPENED LEASED BY OWNER WHO WAS HERE THIS WEEK-LESSEES NOT KNOWN, Sam I). Winter, of St. Louis, owner and manager'of the celebrated Snecd Mines in this District has been visiting his attorney and friend. Judge James, for several dava, and they arranged to open and operate the mines immediately. We are glad to know this, as it brings to the market a coal that the Ky , C.enlotrtcal Deb't claims to equal tho best of Pennsylvania Coals. The paper Lave not all been signed but probably will be this week. WALTER ENOCHS LOOSES HOME BY FIRE. The old John D. Walker house, three miles of tho city, which Walter Enochs recently bought was bjrned to the ground Thursday afternoon, by fire of unknown origin. None of the family was at home nt the time and no fire was in the house that they knew of. but a it caught in tho atic or roof the supposition is that n spark which fell from the early morning fire had gradually burned until fanned v the nfternoon wind it broke out into a lame when all the family was away and soon consumed the building. Nothing was saved except a bed nd a few chairs which Mrs. Enochs carried out after her arrival home. She wasisitingata neighbors and seeing the fire she hurried home to find the house well nigh burned down and no chance to save anything except those mentioned. Mr. and Mrs. Enochs have the sympathy of everyone in their Misfortune. W. 0. W. UNVEIL r. CEREMONIES Sunday Afternoon A Great Event Good Speech Monuments ot Sovs. Sleamaker White end Rochester Unveiled. .u. I NEIGHBOKINfi CAMPS SEND URGE DELEGATION. Sunday afternoon. October fourth, will bo long remembered by the W. 0. W. Lodges of thi vicinity, and their friends It was thedate agreed on and advertised to unveil monuments and do honor to the memories of Sovereigns Winifred Sleamaker, W. B. White and Roscoe Rochester, who were all tnlten within a short space of time by the ruthless hand of death. The day was auspicious, and was bright nnd beautiful as a dream and this lent aid in bringing a great throng of people from all sections. The early train brought many, nnd each following train augmented the crowd. They came also in wagons and buggies and on horse back, until perhaps the largest crowd ever assembled on a similar occasions. The Marion Silver Cornett Band furnished sweetest music for the occasion nd added, as it always does, much to the pleasures of the occasion. Those who assisted in the ceremonies were J. H. Nimmo, J. W. Wilson, W. H. Clark and R. I. Nunn. Miss Nelle Sutherland's recitation was well delivered and was much enjoyed. Little Miss Hazel Pollard also recited and acquitted herself admirably. The speech of euloguim was delivered by J. R. Robinson in his usual good form and was a masterpiece of oratory and rhetoric. All in all, the day was one long to be remembered and was a bright one in the annals of the W. O. W's GOILTY IN SECOND DEGREE-JORY OUT ALL NIGHT Clarksville, Tenn., Oct. a. The jury this morning returned a verdict in tho Gardner-Hunt murder case, finding the defendents guilty of murder in the second degree and fixing their punishment at ten years in the penitentiary. The case has been in progress for twenty-seven days and created the greatest interest, it being alleged that the defendants laid in wait and shot Vaughn Bennett, who was a member of night rider gang. The case went to the jury yesterday afternoon 5:30 o'clock and the jury which was almost worn out by the long trial had the case under consideration nearly all night, reporting the verdict promptly when court convened. T. M. AVERITT DIES ON PACIFIC COAST. Telegrams to the Louisville Tobacco Warehouse Company to-day announced the death of T. M. Averitt in Santa Cruz, Cal., last night from pneumania. This news caused widespread regret in Louisville tobacco circles, where Mr. Averitt was so long and favorably known. Until a year ago Mr. Averitt for thirty vcars or more had been an inspector and factor in the tobacco market. At thnt time he went to California for his health. He was sixty-three years old when he died, and leaves a wife and three children. While in Louisville Mr. Averitt was a member of the Commercial Club, Board of Trade and other organizations. He was an inspector for sixteen years here. Louis ille Times. Mr. Averitt was well known in this section. His wife was Miss Evalyn Rice, daughter of the late Clay Rice, of the Fredonia Valley section of Lyon county, and sister of Mrs. Mary Clay Dulaney, of Fredonia. He owned a fine home and lived at Princeton several years. RESIDENT OF LYON CO. ESCAPES A HANDLING Kuttawa. Ky., Oct. 3. Although soldiers were canned within a few miles of the scene of their visitation about twenty night riders called at tho hom' of Clifton Osburn, a farmer residiug between the rivers in Lyon county, shorly after 12 o'clock Thursday night. Osburn escaped through a back win-d w and the rideis failed to carry out their purpose. ZJo oE So 300E 3oo2 nooE SoE lo O 1 Congressman K Im mm I Bmi I W I H JAMES Will Speak in 4B a M A f!ft! ITMTI IAB1 U i VIAKitfiL ltiIULST 'i f 1 On I O"